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Robert Nippoldt (born 1977) grew up in a little town in Germany. After secondary school, the son of a judge took a wrong turn with law studies before finding his way to Mnster in the summer of 1999 to study graphics and illustration at the University of Applied Sciences. His degree project, Gangster. The Bosses of Chicago, immediately found its way to a publisher; Nippoldt thereafter focused his work on art books. Following two years work, his next book project, Jazz: The Roaring Twenties in New York was published in the fall of 2007. Stiftung Buchkunst selected it as the 2007s most beautiful German book. The last part of the trilogy, Hollywood in the 30s, was published in 2010. Nippoldts art has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including Berlin, Darmstadt, Essen, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Munich. His daring book projects teach both him and his publishers the meaning of fear. When hes not snorkeling or trying to tune his guitar, hes probably sketching in his studio at Mnsters converted freight depot.
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